Mold for making pop-corn balls



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MOLD yFIOR MAKING POP CORN BALLS.

No. 436,818. Patented Septu 23, N90

Mm Mm UNITED Sra'rns PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. WIATT AND FRED PIOKERING, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

MOLD Foa MAKING Poe-CORN BALLS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Lters Patent No. 436,818, dated September 23, 1890.

l Application filed Juno 1, 1890 Serial No. 354,241. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM G. WIATT and FRED PICKERING, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molds for Making Pop-Corn Balls; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de* scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta ns to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in molds for use in making pop-corn balls; and it has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction and render more efficient in operation this class of devices.

To the above ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar construction and in the novel combination, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claims. t

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specication, like letters of reference indicating. like parts throughout the several views, and in which drawings- Figure l is a perspective View of a pop-cornmolding device constructed in accordance with my invention.. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of Jthe saine.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A represents the tongs consisting of the levers B and O, pivotally connected by the bolt D at their point of intersection. The ends of the levers are each curved slightly inward from their pivotal point, so `that when in use both the handles of the tongs and also the opposite ends of the levers Will approach each other in a true vertical plane.

The mold proper is composed of the two halves or sections E and F, which in the present instance I have shown seintspherical in form,I so that together they will form a perfect sphere, though it is at once evident that the form of the mold may be varied without departing from the spirit of my inventionas, for instance, the molds may be made el liptical or in any fanciful design.

It will be observed that the mold-sections are provided with screw-threaded shanks which are passed through suitable screwthreaded openings in the ends of the levers B and C, to which they are attached, and the nuts H and H', which are placed upon the shank-one upon each side cf the lever-serve to permit of the proper adjustment of th( mold-section with reference to its distance from the end of the lever to which it is atl tached.

The mold-section E, it will be observed, i: in its outer curvature a perfect semi-sphere and it will be also noticed that the section l is provided at its edge with an outwardlyex` tended flange or flaring portion I1", whicl flange is adapted when the two sections of the mold are brought together to extend over the edge of the section E. An. annular shouldel I is provided within the inner walls of the section F, against which shoulder the edge o1 the section E bears when the sections are brought together.

The outwardlyextended flange F serve: both as a guide to the section F, insuring its true movement when the mold is in use, anc also serves to assist in iillin g the mold, as wil be readily understood.

In operation the operator swings the device in such a manner that the section F o1 the mold will enter the mass of prepared corn. The iiaring edge of the said section will act as a scoop, thus assisting greatly ir the filling of the mold. The mold having thus been filled, the operating-handles are drawn together and the sections of the mold closed thus completing the formation of the ball.

It will be understood that in a device coustructed in accordance with our invention, as hereinbefore described, the same levers are equally well adapted4 to any of the various sizes or forms of molds that it may be found desirable to use, and that the same may bc readily and quickly changed from time tc time, as desired.

What We Claim as neW is- 1. Apep-corn mold composed of two sections adapted to be brought together to complete the mold, one of said sections having a flaring mouth, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A pop-corn mold composed of two sections adapted to be brought together, one of the sections being provided With a iiaring mouth and having an internal peripheral shoulder to form a bearing for the edge of the opposite section, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the levers having apertures at their ends, as described, of the f mold made in 'two sections, as described, and

point at which the same 5. In a pop-corn mold, two pivotedf levers having screw-threadedapertures `at theirends, the mold made in two sections and provided with screw-threaded Shanks adapted to engage the screw-threaded holes in the levers, and the nuts upon the shanks upon each sideof the passes through the hole in the lever.

In testimony whereof We aiiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses WILLIAM Gr., WIATT. FRED PICKERING.

Witnesses to the signature of William G. Wiatt:

FRANKLIN' H. Hosen, EDA/vn; H.,WI1LsoN-. v .Witnesses to the signature et Fredi Fiekermgs.

FRED H. CROUGHTON, R. B. MONTGOMERY. 

